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The forecast was lowered “due to weak manufacturing activity, import restrictions, a downturn in gas extraction operations, and reduced shipping through the Suez Canal”.
For the coming fiscal year, the WB affirmed its previous forecast, predicting a 4.2 percent growth rate for FY2024/2025, while estimating a slight bump for FY2025/2026 to 4.6 percent
This came within the framework of the meetings of the WB’s mission to review the project.
Planning and Economic Development Minister Hala el Saeed said in statements Monday that the global governance indicators measure the quality of governance for more than 200 countries.
He added that the World Bank has set a ten-term condition, the most prominent of which is increasing the tariff price. He noted that Lebanon already has formulated how the new tariff will cover the expenses.
Amer will address the opening meeting as well as the presidents of the WB and IMF.
The newly approved “Egypt Inclusive Growth for Sustainable Recovery” operation builds on this by supporting a second wave of structural reforms focused on creating jobs and providing an inclusive enabling environment for the private sector laying the basis for a sustainable recovery.
The World Bank’s officials affirm the bank’s keenness on supporting Egypt’s efforts in the health sectors and applaud the structural reforms that the government implements.
Egypt’s State Council received a request from World Bank officials in Washington to provide technical support for the bank’s ongoing projects for Iraq's State Council and Shura Council of Kurdistan Region.
The financing will provide vaccines for over 2 million individuals. The vaccines are expected to arrive in Lebanon by early February 2021.
The Ministry of Environment had exerted great efforts to prepare this project after directives from the political leadership in order to develop the environment sector in Egypt.
The meeting was attended by officials from World Bank (WB), IFC, European Investment Bank (EIB), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and African Development Bank (AfDB).
The cabinet also approved authorizing the Egyptian Railway Authority to make limited agreements with a number of foreign specialized companies.
President Sisi met on Saturday with Hailemariam Desalegn, the special envoy of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
Following the final round of the meetings between the countries and the US and the WB representatives in Washington D.C.on February 12-13, 2020, the participants issued a communique saying that the negotiations achieved a concrete development and a final
The program is partially funded by the World Bank (WB) with a sum of dollars 500 million alongside a dollar 457 million contribution by the government.
Ahmed added that his country will never sign an agreement that harms his country’s national interests or any Nile downstream countries.
Addressing the Intergovernmental Group of 24 on International Monetary Affairs and Development in Washington, Nasr called on the WB and International Monetary Fund to expand investments in the region.
Madbouli on Tuesday met with a mission of the World Bank to assess the business performance in Egypt.
Foreign Policy Published an article for a senior Muslim Brotherhood member,in which he argued that the Egyptian economy is collapsing. Most of the international reports indicated the contrary.
